Lid for cooking utensils.



A. GREGORY. LID FOR COOKING UTENSILS. APPLIOATIoH FILED 0012.21, 1911.

Paented June 4, 1912.

Lezer/'12.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE ARTHUR GREGORY, OF DURANGO, MEXICO.

LID FOR COOKING UTENSILS.

To-aZZ whom. it m'ay concern: n

Be it known that I, ARTHUR GREGORY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Durango, Mexico, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Lids for Cooking Utensils, of which the following is a speciication.

The general object of the invention is to provide means for directingheat down and onto theaipper surface of substance contained in cookingutensils such as chafing-dishes, and -to this end the invention consistsin a cover provided with an electric heater and adapted, when arrangedon the receptacle, to direct the heat downwardly and onto the contentsof the receptacle so that the crusting or browning so generally desired,may

be effected without leaving the bottom of the utensil exposed to theheat for a period longer than required to cook the contents ofthe'receptacle.

Other objects will appear and be bet-ter understood from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich,

Figure 1 is a view partly in section and elevation of a chafing-dishprovided with my improved device. Fig. 2 is a detail bottom plan of thecover partly in section.

5 indicates a compartment in the cover 6, and 7 indicates a lining ofasbestos or other poor heat conducting material which covers all theinterior of the compartment excepting the floor or bottom 8 thereof. Thebottom 8 is preferably formed of thin sheet metal of good heatconduct-ing material.

9 indicates an electric heater arranged in the compartment 5 andsuitably supported therein by brackets 10. l1 indicates the feed wirewhich is herein shown as extending through the hollow handle l2, thesaid handle, by preference, being extended through the wall of the coverand secured to Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led October 21, 1911.

Patented J une et, i912.

Serial No. 655,944.

the frame 13 of the heater so that when handling the cover detachment ofthe handle therefrom will be more eiciently prevented than if the handlewere secured to the body of the. cover.

When the utensil a is fitted with an electric heater such as 'indicatedby le, the feed wire 11 may be connected with the feed Wire l5 for theheater le and the currentfor the heater 9 controlled bythe switch 16. Itwill be observed, however, that the. citiciency of the cover does notdepend upon the heating apparatus for the utensil and moreover, theheating cover may be of various shapes and sizes so as to be used withthe various forms of cooking utensils now in use.

Although T have shown and described one embodiment itis to be understoodthat I am not to be limited to the specific arrange ment andconstruction of parts since v'ari- Y,

ous changes may be made, within the scope,

from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

That I claim as new is:

.A chaiing dish cover comprising a hollow body closed at either end andhaving one end portion reduced so as to enter the dish, an electricheater arranged in spaced relation to the opposite ends of the body andsupported from the shoulder resulting from reducing the said endportion, and .a hollow handle adapted for receiving electric leads andextending through the body and connected to one end of the heat-er.

In testimony whereof T a-Hix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR GREGORY.

Vvvitnesses ToMs WATSON, E. `W. TvVooDs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by aressing theCommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

